Queens Councilwoman Nantasha Williams sponsors legislation hiking pay for Council members, mayor and other NYC elected officials. Paul Martinka

Plan A for a stealth City Council “raise our own pay” gambit failed, thanks to the clear language of the City Charter — so it’s on to Plan B, which has the added “advantage” of sandbagging the new mayor in his first week in office.

Councilwoman Nantasha Williams (D-Queens) wanted the council to vote itself a 16% salary increase this week, to take effect in January — and had 30 co-sponsors lined up, a solid majority on the 51-member council.

Too bad the city constitution outright bans the council voting itself more income “between the general election day and the 31st day of December” in any year where its members are all up for election.

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